Children's Community Nurse

Job overview

A rare opportunity has arisen for a full-time band 6 children’s community nurse to join our community children’s nursing team in Knowsley.

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual who has a passion for working with children who is keen to provide care, compassion and empathy to complex cases within the community and at home.

You would be based at Manor Farm PCRC, however be more so hybrid working in the community.

You will hold a small complex caseload and be responsive to adhoc care.

Main duties of the job

The Children’s service provides support to children, young people and their families within a progressive universal model of service delivery dependant on assessed need.

The post holder will work as a senior practitioner within the Children’s Community Nursing Team, providing expert, evidence-based nursing care to children and young people with complex, long-term, and life-limiting health needs across a range of community settings, including the home, education provisions, and other community settings.

This role aims to reduce hospital admissions, support safe discharges, and enable children and young people to live as fully and independently as possible within their communities, with dignity, choice, and inclusion at the centre of care.

To work in collaboration with partner agencies both voluntary and statutory to achieve good health outcomes for children and their families.

To ensure the delivery of the quality strategy within the designated area incorporating establishment of systems and processes.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Note- post graduation CCN qualification.

Manage a defined caseload of children’s community nursing children working within broadly defined by Mersey Care policies to deliver on the specialist assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation but having the freedom to prioritise the needs of individuals within that caseload recognising and responding to additional needs and crises as they occur.

Be the accountable practitioner for the defined caseload, prioritising and delegating planned interventions appropriately to members of the support Team in accordance with individual’s skills and abilities

Be responsible for the monitoring and evaluation of the work delegated from the defined caseload to team members

Supervise and coordinate the support team on a day-to-day basis and to manage the team in the absence of the team leader. Ongoing management responsibilities including appraisal of staff, reviewing and supporting (mentoring) junior staff with their personal development plan and assist in the recruitment and retention of staff

Monitor, prioritise and delegate client contact within the Service and alert managers if additional resources are required due to changes in demand and capacity

Ensure that organisational policies, Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) standards and competencies within the skill mix are adhered to by team members

Establish and maintain a good working relationship with primary and community care colleagues and other service providers, e.g., education, working collaboratively to provide a comprehensive service to children and young people

Agree and contribute to setting team objectives and delivering agreed outcomes

Complete statistical returns as required by Mersey Care including entering data onto computerised systems within the required timeframes

Attend and actively participate in team, locality and other relevant meetings